The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and entities from Venezuela and Iran, focusing on a Venezuelan company involved in Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) trade with Venezuela.
“Treasury is holding Iran and Venezuela accountable for their aggressive and reckless proliferation of deadly weapons around the world,” said Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley. “We will continue to take swift action to deprive those who enable Iran’s military-industrial complex access to the U.S. financial system.”
This move follows previous designations by the Treasury in October and November that support the September 27, 2025 reimposition of United Nations sanctions and other restrictions on Iran. The Treasury states that Iran’s UAV and missile programs threaten U.S. personnel in the Middle East and affect commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Additionally, the continued transfer of conventional weapons from Iran to Caracas is viewed as a threat to U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere.
The action is part of National Security Presidential Memorandum 2, which directs efforts to restrict Iran’s ballistic missile program, counter its development of other weapons capabilities, prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and block resources for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). OFAC is using Executive Orders 13382 and 13949 as its legal basis for these sanctions.
Among those designated is Empresa Aeronautica Nacional SA (EANSA), a Venezuelan company that maintains Iranian-designed Mohajer-series UAVs in Venezuela, now rebranded locally as ANSU-series UAVs. EANSA has been involved in assembling these drones and negotiating purchases worth millions of dollars with Qods Aviation Industries (QAI), an Iranian firm previously sanctioned by OFAC for ties to Iran’s Ministry of Defense.
Jose Jesus Urdaneta Gonzalez, chair of EANSA, coordinated with Venezuelan and Iranian armed forces on drone production. The ANSU-100 drone model operated by Venezuela can launch Iranian-designed air-to-ground guided bombs.
OFAC also designated three people in Iran for efforts to procure chemicals used for ballistic missiles for Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI), part of Iran’s Defense Industries Organization (DIO). These chemicals are essential for making solid propellant rocket motors used in ballistic missiles.
Mostafa Rostami Sani was identified as procuring sodium perchlorate for PCI with others’ help, including Marco Klinge, Majid Dolatkhah, and MVM Amici Trading LLC—entities already under U.S. sanctions since November 12, 2025. Rostami Sani leads Pardisan Rezvan Shargh International Private Joint Stock Company; Reza Zarepour Taraghi serves as its managing director.
Additionally, two entities and three individuals linked to Rayan Fan Kav Andish Co (Rayan Fan Group) were sanctioned due to connections with high-technology systems supporting IRGC operations. This includes Fanavari Electro Moj Mobin Company (Fanavari) managed by Bahram Rezaei; Kavoshgaran Asman Moj Ghadir Company (KAMG); Erfan Qaysari; and Mehdi Ghaffari.
As a result of these measures, any property or interests belonging to those designated that are within U.S. jurisdiction are blocked. Entities owned at least 50 percent by one or more blocked persons are also subject to blocking actions. Without proper authorization or exemption from OFAC, all transactions involving these parties are generally prohibited for U.S. persons or within the United States.
Violations may lead to civil or criminal penalties under strict liability standards according to OFAC enforcement guidelines. Financial institutions could face secondary sanctions if they knowingly facilitate significant transactions on behalf of sanctioned persons.
OFAC emphasizes that while it maintains its authority to add names to its Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List), there is also a process available for seeking removal from this list when justified by law: “The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior.” Guidance on how individuals can petition for removal is provided by OFAC.
